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# Download a file

> Returns the bytes of the first file of a message. The content type is the type of the file. Needs the `messages:read` scope.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/partner.yaml get /api/v1/partner/tenants/{external_ref}/media/{media_ref}/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ImpelLabs Partner API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    The Partner API provisions customer businesses (tenants) and runs their
    channels, conversations and templates from your own product. Call it from
    your server with a partner key. Every path ends with a slash.
servers:
  - url: https://api.impellabs.tech
security:
  - bearer: []
tags:
  - name: Keys
    description: Your partner API keys.
  - name: Tenants
    description: Customer businesses, their channels, conversations and templates.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Where your tenants' events go.
  - name: WhatsApp sign-up
    description: The settings of the hosted WhatsApp sign-up.
paths:
  /api/v1/partner/tenants/{external_ref}/media/{media_ref}/:
    get:
      tags:
        - Tenants
      summary: Download a file
      description: >-
        Returns the bytes of the first file of a message. The content type is
        the type of the file. Needs the `messages:read` scope.
      operationId: get_api_v1_partner_tenants_external_ref_media_media_ref
      parameters:
        - name: external_ref
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Your own id for the customer business, set when you created it.
        - name: media_ref
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            The message id of the message that holds the file
            (`channel.media.ref`).
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        4XX:
          description: The request is not valid or not allowed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: The credentials are missing, wrong, expired or revoked.
    Forbidden:
      description: These credentials may not do this.
    NotFound:
      description: There is no such row, or these credentials cannot see it.
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: >-
        An error. Most errors carry `detail`. Some carry `error` with `code` and
        `message`.
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
        field:
          type: string
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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